DEBATING 2013 DEBATE 2 Free-to-Air Tv Proposal: Free-to-air tv in New Zealand is often poor quality. Many programmes that are potentially harmful to children and even to society in general, are aired. What is shown should be more carefully controlled.
Teams: FOR PROPOSAL.......Ryan Chen, Lovedeep Kaur AGAINST PROPOSAL...........Sean Mc Grath, Didar Singh
ISSUES: VIOLENCE CENSORSHIP QUALITY AMERICANISATION IMPRESSIONABILITY GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY DOLLARS
RESULT: This house believes that free-to-air tv in New Zealand SHOULD be more carefully controlled
MOST INFLUENTIAL SPEAKERS: DIDAR SINGH, RYAN CHEN
HIGH POINTS OF THE DEBATE:
DEBATE CHAIRPERSON
DIDAR: (responding to Ryan) "Aren't people destroying their own lives? It's not tv destroying their lives......"
SEAN: "You don't see me doing back flips on the table just because I've seen it on tv."
ETHAN MAKING A POINT
ANDREW; " So if tv hurts your eyes..... shouldn't we get rid of all electronic devices?"
KATHLEEN: "Most kids programmes come up late" RYAN: "But kids copy the cartoons they watch as well." KATHLEEN:" Why don't you blame the parents not the tv?" RYAN: " Parents have a responsibility but the government must have some responsibility because some parents don't"
SEAN (TO RYAN) " Some little kids don't even understand what the violence means" RYAN "Exactly.....they copy it for no reason."
KIANA TO RYAN " If there was no censorship at all what would be your biggest worry?
RYAN " The violence. Society would go down hill. Tv directly affects social problems. We would go from peace to violence"
Tonu: "Kids sometimes learn that violence is bad from seeing violence" Ryan: " With tv though the purpose is not to learn against the violence..... they (the tv companies) use violence to entertain..."
DEBATE 2
Free-to-Air Tv
Proposal:
Free-to-air tv in New Zealand is often poor quality. Many programmes that are potentially harmful to children and even to society in general, are aired. What is shown should be more carefully controlled.
Teams: FOR PROPOSAL.......Ryan Chen, Lovedeep Kaur
AGAINST PROPOSAL...........Sean Mc Grath, Didar Singh
ISSUES: VIOLENCE CENSORSHIP QUALITY AMERICANISATION
IMPRESSIONABILITY GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY DOLLARS
RESULT: This house believes that free-to-air tv in New Zealand
SHOULD be more carefully controlled
MOST INFLUENTIAL SPEAKERS: DIDAR SINGH, RYAN CHEN
HIGH POINTS OF THE DEBATE:
"Aren't people destroying their
own lives? It's not tv destroying
their lives......"
SEAN: "You don't see me doing
back flips on the table just
because I've seen it on tv."
hurts your eyes.....
shouldn't we get rid
of all electronic
devices?"
programmes come up late"
RYAN: "But kids copy the
cartoons they watch as well."
KATHLEEN:" Why don't
you blame the parents
not the tv?"
RYAN: " Parents have a
responsibility but the
government must have some responsibility
because some parents don't"
" Some little kids don't even understand what the violence means"
RYAN "Exactly.....they copy it for no
reason."
" If there was no censorship at all what
would be your biggest worry?
RYAN " The violence.
Society would go down hill. Tv directly affects social problems. We would go from peace
to violence"
violence is bad from seeing violence"
Ryan: " With tv though the
purpose is not to learn against
the violence..... they (the
tv companies) use violence
to entertain..."
AT THE END:
Didar congratulating Ryan